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Bellou (French pronunciation: [bɛlu] ⓘ) is a former commune in the Calvados département in the Normandy region in northwestern France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune of Livarot-Pays-d'Auge.[2] It is situated 18 kilometres from Lisieux, in the Pays d'Auge.
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Part of Livarot-Pays-d'Auge | |
 Location of Bellou | |
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| Coordinates: 48°58′59″N 0°13′44″E / 48.9831°N 0.2289°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Normandy |
| Department | Calvados |
| Arrondissement | Lisieux |
| Canton | Livarot-Pays-d'Auge |
| Commune | Livarot-Pays-d'Auge |
Area 1 | 7.39 km2 (2.85 sq mi) |
| Population (2023)[1] | 146 |
| • Density | 19.8/km2 (51.2/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 14140 |
| Elevation | 128–204 m (420–669 ft) (avg. 190 m or 620 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Monuments
editThe Manoir de Bellou, built in 1720, and its 16th-century dovecote, have been registered as a monument historique by the French Ministry of Culture since 1923. Its cider press building with its machinery and cellar were added to the register in 2004.[3]
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People linked to the commune
edit- Rose Harel, poet and goguettère, was born here on 8 April 1826. She died in Lisieux on 4 July 1885.[4]
See also
editReferences
edit- ↑ "Populations de référence 2023" [Reference populations 2023] (PDF) (in French). INSEE. December 2025.
- ↑ Arrêté préfectoral 24 December 2015 (in French)
- ↑ Base Mérimée: Manoir de Bellou, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
- ↑ Marie de Besneray, Rose Harel, servante-poète, Caen, 1902. (in French)
External links
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- Statistical data, INSEE
- Base Mérimée: Manoir de Bellou, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
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